Search Party
NetworkHBO Max,
SimilarRescue Me,
Watch afterLove, Death & Robots, MINDHUNTER, Riverdale, The End of the F***ing World,
The Expanse The Sopranos,
Search Party began as a mystery of the disappearance of a young woman named Chantal Winterbottom (Clare McNulty). But as the show goes on, it evolves into something much smarter: a biting drama of millennials ennui and an exploration of self, with satirical jokes of hipster culture thrown into the mix. Questions of identity, what our goals are in life often get asked here and there, sometimes comically and some other times in a dark and affecting fashion. And season 4 (premiered this Thursday on HBO Max), though it kicks off weakly, continues that tradition of excellence by delving even deeper into the show’s darkest territory. Continue Reading →
Greenland
Nothing heals a broken marriage like the end of the world. That’s one of the takeaways from Greenland, a disaster movie about a massive comet that has Earth, and Gerard Butler, in its crosshairs. Butler plays John Garrity, a structural engineer who finds his marriage to Allison (Morena Baccarin) falling apart, just like the giant comet (named Clarke) that’s breaking up into smaller pieces so it can spread its damage all over the planet before its big chunk hits, creating a mass extinction event. Continue Reading →
Wonder Woman
Sixty-six years after she slew Ares, the God of War, and cleared the decks for humankind to fix their proverbial shit and end World War I, Diana Prince, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), has settled into a new life in Washington, DC. Her apartment, filled with reminders of the “Great War” and the man she loved ever so briefly, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), suggests that while she is alive, she hasn’t truly lived in some time. Continue Reading →
Let Them All Talk
SimilarEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),
Steven Soderbergh may be best known for his remake of Ocean’s Eleven, a commercial hit featuring a cast of dashing male stars (and Julia Roberts). Who needs eleven when you’ve got Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, and Candice Bergen aboard a real-life ocean liner? In Soderbergh’s newest, Let Them All Talk, he embarks on a return trip to his indie filmmaking roots, bringing along celebrity pals and a few tricks of the trade he’s learned in his prolific career. Continue Reading →